Some Kinston residents experience power outage

Kinston Public Services crews work to replace a phase on a downed power line at Carey and Hardee roads Saturday night. Power was out to a large portion of northwest Kinston.

Janet S. Carter / The Free Press

By The Free Press

Published: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 09:22 PM.

UPDATED 9:49 a.m.:

From Kinston Public Services:

Crews are on site of a power outage in the Carey and Hardee Rd. area. Our 24/7 customer service section is available at 939-3282, but is currently experiencing a heavy call volume. Estimated repair time is one hour.

UPDATE: City expects power restored by 10:30 p.m. There is a phase on the power line burned in two and it will take an hour to repair but a crew has already started. There's no current estimate of the number of customers affected.

City of Kinston power crews are working to restore power to a large section of Northwest Kinston after electricity went out shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday

Crews are on site of a power outage in the Carey and Hardee Rd. area. Our 24/7 customer service section is available at 939-3282, but is currently experiencing a heavy call volume. Estimated repair time is one hour.

UPDATE: City expects power restored by 10:30 p.m. There is a phase on the power line burned in two and it will take an hour to repair but a crew has already started. There's no current estimate of the number of customers affected.

City of Kinston power crews are working to restore power to a large section of Northwest Kinston after electricity went out shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday

Public Services Director Rhonda Barwick said there was a "primary line" down at Carey and Hardee roads and a crew was working to diagnose the problem.

As of 9:15 p.m., there was no estimated time that power would be restored.